Our Team
Board of Trustees
Tim Clark, Interim Executive Director
Tim Clark is a retired journalist and market researcher based in Silicon Valley. He was bit by the Burma bug on a 2009 trip to the country and subsequently co-led five civil society tours to Myanmar that also hit the main tourist attractions.
On each trip, students of the Pre-Collegiate Program served as Yangon guides for the visitors and a crucial part of the cultural connection. Tim and his wife Mia have hosted many P-CP graduates at their home while those students studied in the U.S. He currently serves as treasurer of the Foundation and previously as executive director.
Lin Phyu Sin, Secretary
Jason Leong Campbell, Treasurer
Jason is a financial analyst based in Portland, Oregon. He is an alumnus of the Pre-Collegiate Program, class of 2010 and studied Economics at Reed College afterwards.
His favorite classes and experiences during the Pre-Collegiate Program were social studies and the trips to Bagan as well as Kalaw and nearby villages in Northeastern Burma.
Charlie Harcourt
Charlie Harcourt holds a bachelor's degree in History/Secondary Education from Green Mountain College and a MA in International Education from Prescott College. He is the New England Regional Admissions Coordinator at Milton Hershey School, based in New Hampshire, where he supports students from under-resourced backgrounds in accessing transformative educational opportunities.
He served as Executive Director of the Myanmar Foundation for Analytic Education (Sept 2023–May 2026), leading fundraising, strategy, and program growth, and has taught in the Pre-Collegiate Program (Waves 22–24), instructing students in writing and history.
Previously, Charlie worked in international admissions at the American International Recruitment Council, Cazenovia College and Wells College, supporting students through recruitment, immigration, and matriculation, with a focus on emerging markets.
His work in Myanmar began in 2016 through graduate research on expanding study abroad access, and he remains deeply engaged in supporting Myanmar students pursuing higher education abroad.
Joy Joy Htet
Joy Joy Htet is the Associate Director of International Recruitment at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. A native of Shan State, Joy Joy is a graduate of Centre College (2017), Hopkins-Nanjing Center (2018), and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (2019).
As a college admission professional, Joy Joy works with international students including those from PCP. Through his involvement with MFAE, he plans to continue supporting Myanmar's youth in their pursuit for education.
Robin Htun
Arkar Kyaw
Arkar Kyaw is an alumnus of P-CP (Wave 10) and currently serves as a faculty member, teaching Philosophy & Literature course. He also serves on the board of Myanmar Foundation for Analytic Education.
Arkar is currently a PhD candidate at Chiang Mai University's School of Public Policy, where his research focuses on public policy and education. His academic interests include liberal education, political thought, and the role of the humanities in cultivating civic and intellectual life. Committed to the ideals of liberal education, he draws on the Great Books tradition and employs text-centered, discussion-based pedagogy to foster critical inquiry, thoughtful dialogue, and active participation in the classroom. Prior to joining academia, he worked in corporate affairs and provided legal consultancy on foreign investment in Myanmar.
Scot Marciel
Scot Marciel is Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, affiliated with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
A career Foreign Service Officer, he most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar from March 2016 through May 2020. Prior to his assignment in Myanmar, Ambassador Marciel was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific at the State Department, where he oversaw U.S. relations with Southeast Asia. From 2010 to 2013, Scot Marciel was U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country. Before that, he served concurrently as the first U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia from 2007 to 2010.
Scot has more than 35 years of experience as a diplomat in Asia and around the world. In addition to the assignments noted above, he has worked at U.S. missions in Turkey, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Brazil and the Philippines. At the State Department, he served as Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia, Director of the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia, and Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs.
Nyantha Maw Lin
Kendall Quisenberry
Based in Singapore, Kendall Quisenberry is an international educator whose career has been deeply rooted in Southeast Asia. She has worked in several capacities in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Myanmar before moving to Singapore. She spent five years as a faculty member at the Pre-Collegiate Program (PCP) of Yangon. Witnessing the tenacity, brilliance, and heart of the PCP students inspired a lifelong commitment to the program’s mission and, thus, caused her to find a continued connection with PCP through the MFAE board. Having seen firsthand the impact this community has on its students, she is honoured to support the next generation of students as they navigate their own paths toward higher education and leadership. She has a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University and a Master of Arts in Literacy Development from the University of Missouri.
Penny Stroud
Penny has been on the MFAE board since 2018. She has had an interest in Myanmar for decades and was drawn to the PCP model of educating future leaders.
She has a particular interest in developing countries, environmental protection and sustainability. As an entrepreneur and business consultant, her goal for the board and the school is to develop a sustainable business model and active involvement of local/regional Myanmar constituents.